The teacher's manual: guidelines for teaching and evaluation of reading in textbooks of primary education II

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https://doi.org/10.5433/1519-5392.2017v17n1p123

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Textbook, Teacher's manual, Reading, Formative evaluation

Abstract

In this article, based on the qualitative approach of research, we verified how the teaching guidelines present in the Teacher's Manual can make formative assessment of reading possible. To do this, we initially carried out a bibliographical research on the subject, followed by the selection of two Teacher Manuals, of textbooks of the 8th grade, used in public schools in Belém and approved in PNLD / 2014. Then, we describe the Manuals, observing the theoretical discussions and methodological orientations for reading and evaluation, and then analyze them, using the studies developed by Batista (2009) on textbooks, by Solé (1998) and Koch and Elias (2014) on reading, by Allal (1986) and Hadji (2011) on formative assessment and by Condemarín and Medina (2005) and Beserra (2007) on reading assessment. After the reflection of the Manuals, guided by the research questions, we observe that these bring reflections to the teaching of reading, under the bias of cognitivism and interactionism. In relation to the evaluation, we verified that the formative conception of evaluation is assumed; however, no tools and criteria are proposed for the teacher to evaluate reading. Based on the data, we argued that the teaching and reading assessment guidelines are not enough for the teacher to carry out work that favors the development of students' reading skills.

Author Biographies

Márcia Andréa Almeida de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Pará

PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Universidade de Campinas, with a PhD at the University of Geneva.

Lívia Cristina Virgolino da Silva, Universidade Federal do Pará

Graduated in Letters (Licenciatura in Portuguese Language) by the Universidade Federal do Pará.

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Published

2017-12-29

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, Márcia Andréa Almeida de; SILVA, Lívia Cristina Virgolino da. The teacher’s manual: guidelines for teaching and evaluation of reading in textbooks of primary education II. Entretextos, Londrina, v. 17, n. 1, p. 123–154, 2017. DOI: 10.5433/1519-5392.2017v17n1p123. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/entretextos/article/view/29502. Acesso em: 3 jul. 2024.

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